Army Personnel Suicide

An army jawan on Monday allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service weapon in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, officials said.

A total of 819 armed forces personnel died by suicide in the last five years, with the Army reporting a maximum of 642 such cases, according to details provided by the government.

Experts from IIM Lucknow will undertake a study and find solutions to the occupational "stress and strain" suffered by CRPF personnel that leads to extreme instances like suicides and breakdown of family support system.

Afghan forces have killed the Taliban mastermind of a suicide car bomb attack that left at least 30 security personnel dead, officials said Monday.

A suicide car bomber struck an army base in Afghanistan on Sunday killing at least 26 security personnel, officials said, in one of the bloodiest attacks in recent months.

An Army soldier was killed in a gunbattle with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag today - the tenth casualty the security forces suffered in five days. Two terrorists, including the man who owned the explosive-laden car used in the suicide bombing of a CRPF convoy in Pulwama in February, were also shot dead in the encounter.

The number of defence personnel committing suicide was highest in the Indian Army among the three services in the last three years, data shows.

For the second time in as many days, security forces in Jammu and Kashmir had to fight off a suicide terrorist attack, this time in the heart of Srinagar that left one soldier dead. The attack came just a day after the forces neutralised all four terrorists who struck an army base in Jammu, killing five soldiers and one civilian.

A total of 310 army personnel have committed suicide since 2014 while 11 cases of fratricide were reported during the period, the government told Rajya Sabha today.

Three Armymen, including a captain, have died in a suicide attack by terrorists early today at an army camp in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara. Seven soldiers were injured in the attack. By the afternoon, locals gathered and held protests, throwing stones at security personnel as they demanded the bodies of the terrorists. To control the crowds, the ar...

At least three people were killed and 14 wounded today when a suicide bomber attacked a bus filled with Afghan army personnel in northern Afghanistan, officials said.

A Taliban suicide bomber attacked a bus carrying Afghan army personnel in Kabul Wednesday, wounding 10 people and highlighting a growing trend of strikes on Afghan rather than NATO military targets.

Suicide incidents killed more central security forces personnel than death while in action in the last four years, Parliament was informed on Tuesday.

An army jawan on Monday allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service weapon in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, officials said.

A total of 819 armed forces personnel died by suicide in the last five years, with the Army reporting a maximum of 642 such cases, according to details provided by the government.

Experts from IIM Lucknow will undertake a study and find solutions to the occupational "stress and strain" suffered by CRPF personnel that leads to extreme instances like suicides and breakdown of family support system.

Afghan forces have killed the Taliban mastermind of a suicide car bomb attack that left at least 30 security personnel dead, officials said Monday.

A suicide car bomber struck an army base in Afghanistan on Sunday killing at least 26 security personnel, officials said, in one of the bloodiest attacks in recent months.

An Army soldier was killed in a gunbattle with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag today - the tenth casualty the security forces suffered in five days. Two terrorists, including the man who owned the explosive-laden car used in the suicide bombing of a CRPF convoy in Pulwama in February, were also shot dead in the encounter.

The number of defence personnel committing suicide was highest in the Indian Army among the three services in the last three years, data shows.

For the second time in as many days, security forces in Jammu and Kashmir had to fight off a suicide terrorist attack, this time in the heart of Srinagar that left one soldier dead. The attack came just a day after the forces neutralised all four terrorists who struck an army base in Jammu, killing five soldiers and one civilian.

A total of 310 army personnel have committed suicide since 2014 while 11 cases of fratricide were reported during the period, the government told Rajya Sabha today.

Three Armymen, including a captain, have died in a suicide attack by terrorists early today at an army camp in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara. Seven soldiers were injured in the attack. By the afternoon, locals gathered and held protests, throwing stones at security personnel as they demanded the bodies of the terrorists. To control the crowds, the ar...

At least three people were killed and 14 wounded today when a suicide bomber attacked a bus filled with Afghan army personnel in northern Afghanistan, officials said.

A Taliban suicide bomber attacked a bus carrying Afghan army personnel in Kabul Wednesday, wounding 10 people and highlighting a growing trend of strikes on Afghan rather than NATO military targets.

Suicide incidents killed more central security forces personnel than death while in action in the last four years, Parliament was informed on Tuesday.